Thomas Mann manuscripts online
Thomas Mann Archives Online allow access to further original documents.
In consultation with the community of heirs and their representative, Professor Frido Mann, the Thomas Mann Archives and external pageS.?Fischer Verlag are publishing Thomas Mann’s original documents online via the Archivdatenbank, before the copyright runs out. The online resources now contain documents relating to Mann’s novel “Lotte in Weimar” (1939) and his play “Fiorenza” (1906), which were given to the Thomas Mann Archives.
Indexing and publication
An overview of the currently available documents can be found on the website of the Thomas Mann Archives. Over the course of the coming years, more digitised resources from the personal papers of Thomas Mann will be uploaded alongside the metadata for all of the personal papers, which is already available online.
Preservation and maintenance
The Thomas Mann Archives at ETH Zurich preserve the literary works and personal papers of Thomas Mann. They have made his literary legacy available for researchers and the public since the archives’ foundation in 1956. The holdings are constantly updated.